Editorial accountability
Kickopedia Corrections and Revision Policy
Learn how Kickopedia reviews factual corrections, disputed claims, attribution changes, technical errors and stronger source submissions.
Clear claim · inspectable source · visible revision
Immediate answer
A correction begins with the exact claim
Identify the page and sentence, explain what is inaccurate or incomplete, and provide the strongest inspectable source available. Kickopedia reviews factual errors, attribution, dates, equipment claims, technical advice and cultural context without silently converting uncertainty into certainty.
What to include
A useful correction has four parts
- Page: the full Kickopedia URL.
- Claim: the exact sentence or section that needs review.
- Evidence: a direct link, publication details or archival reference.
- Change: the wording or attribution you believe the evidence supports.
Review path
How revisions are handled
Triage
The submission is classified as factual, technical, attribution, interpretation, accessibility or broken-link work.
Source check
The cited material is opened and matched to the exact claim. Search snippets are not accepted as the underlying source.
Revision
Clear errors are corrected. Disagreement is labelled when available evidence cannot settle one version.
Propagation
Related pages, structured data, internal links and search answers are checked so the old claim does not survive elsewhere.
Important distinctions
What may change, and what needs stronger evidence
- A misspelt name, wrong date or broken citation can be corrected directly once verified.
- An exact equipment claim needs a source that addresses the recording or performance in question.
- A first-person recollection is attributed to the speaker rather than presented as an omniscient account.
- A different listening impression may be added as interpretation; it does not automatically overturn a factual statement.
- Style and genre histories are checked for collective context, not only famous individuals.
Research before requesting a change
Use the public source method
The evidence library explains how Kickopedia distinguishes primary material, institutional history, interview testimony, technical reporting and listening analysis.